U.S. and Canada

New York protests Gaza siege

New York, Aug. 9 — Once again, midtown Manhattan became the setting for a powerful demonstration of solidarity with the…

August 14, 2014

Action set to blockade Israeli ship in Oakland, Calif.

San Francisco Bay Area people and organizations in solidarity with Gaza announced “a massive and powerful ‘Boat Blockade’ for Aug.…

August 14, 2014

Renisha McBride’s killer: ‘Guilty’

Detroit -- A Wayne County jury on Aug. 7 found Theodore Wafer, 55, of Dearborn Heights, Mich., a Detroit suburb,…

August 13, 2014

Eric Garner & the capitalist state

“The prevailing ideas [in society] are those of the ruling class,” said Karl Marx. Carried a step further, this stroke…

August 13, 2014

‘Water for Gaza and Detroit!’

In an effort to calm the storms related to the massive water shutoffs in Detroit, corporate Mayor Mike Duggan issued…

August 13, 2014

The blue plague

Justice for Michael Brown! The grim news that police have killed yet another unarmed African-American youth comes this time from…

August 13, 2014

NLRB ruling: Workers 1, McDonald’s 0

Labor organizing involves fighting injustice — on the picket lines, in the streets. When the bosses retaliate — and they…

August 9, 2014

An ironic name

In mid-July there was a vigil in a South Albany, N.Y., housing complex — named the Ezra P. Prentice Homes…

August 7, 2014

Brigade defies U.S. travel ban on Cuba

Buffalo, N.Y. -- Twenty-two courageous U.S. citizens, members of the 45th Venceremos Brigade, crossed the Peace Bridge from Erie, Ontario,…

August 7, 2014

New York retail workers rally for justice

As New York City’s working class takes on more defense of working conditions for restaurant, grocery, airline, car wash, fast…

August 7, 2014